Marguerite (given name)
Marguerite is the French form of a female given name (English Margaret, Spanish Margarita) which derives from the Greek Μαργαρίτης meaning "pearl").[1] See also Margaret (name) and Peggy. Those with the name include:
People
Nobility
- In chronological order
- Margaret, Countess of Anjou or Marguerite d'Angou (1273-1299), Countess of Anjou and Maine in her own right and Countess of Valois, Alençon, Chartres and Perche by marriage
- Marguerite, bâtarde de France (1407-1458), illegitimate daughter of King Charles the Mad and his beloved mistress Odette de Champdivers, later legitimized by her half-brother Charles VII
- Margaret of Bourbon (1438-1483) or Marguerite de Bourbon, Princess of Savoy by marriage
- Marguerite III de Neufchâtel (1480-1544), German-Roman monarch as Princess Abbess of the Imperial Remiremont Abbey in France
- Marguerite de Navarre (1492-1549), princess of France, Queen of Navarre and Duchess of Alençon and Berry
- Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry or Marguerite de Valois (1523-1574), daughter of King Francis I of France
- Margaret of France (1553–1615) or Marguerite de Valois, wife of Henry IV of France and Navarre
- Marguerite of Lorraine (1615-1672), princess of Lorraine and Duchess of Orléans by marriage
- Marguerite Louise d'Orléans (1645-1721), Grand Duchess of Tuscany by marriage
- Princess Marguerite Adélaïde of Orléans (1846-1893), princess of France and, by marriage, princess of the House of Czartoryski
Other
- Alphabetically by last name
- Marguerite Bériza (1880-after 1930), French opera soprano
- Marguerite Bourgeoys (1620-1700), saint and founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame, Montreal, Canada
- Maya Angelou (1928-2014), American author, poet, dancer, actress and singer born Marguerite Annie Johnson
- Marguerite Broquedis (1893-1983), French tennis player
- Marguerite Carré (1880-1947), French opera soprano
- Marguerite Davis (1887-1967), American chemist, co-discoverer of vitamins A and B
- Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987), American writer and illustrator of children's books
- Marguerite De La Motte (1902-1950), American film actress
- Marguerite Derricks (born 1961), American choreographer
- Marguerite Duras (1914-1996), French writer and film director
- Marguerite Frank (born 1927), American−French mathematician
- Marguerite Georges (1787–1867), noted French actress who had an affair with Napoleon
- Marguerite Henry (1902-1997), American writer of children's books
- Marguerite Long (1874-1966), French pianist and teacher
- Peg Luksik (born 1955), Pennsylvania politician
- Marguerite Moreau (born 1977), American actress
- Marguerite Norris (1927-1994), Detroit Red Wings team president, first female NHL team executive, first woman to have her name engraved on the Stanley Cup[2]
- Marguerite Perey (1909–1975), French physicist
- Marguerite Pindling (born 1932), Governor-General of the Bahamas beginning 2014
- Marguerite Quinn, American politician elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2006
- Marguerite de la Sablière (c. 1640-1693), French salonist and polymath
- Marguerite Scypion (c. 1770s-after 1836), African-Natchez slave who filed the first "freedom suit" and ended Indian slavery in the state of Missouri in 1836
- Marguerite L. Smith (1894–1985), New York assemblywoman 1920–1921
- Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987), Belgian-born French novelist and essayist, first woman elected to the Académie française
- Marguerite Zorach (1887-1968), American painter, textile artist and graphic designer
Fictional characters
- Marguerite, the heroine of Gounod's opera Faust
- Marguerite Gautier, the heroine in the Alexandre Dumas fils novel La Dame aux Camelias
- Marguerite St. Just, wife of the Scarlet Pimpernel in the novel by the same name
- Tomoe Marguerite, in the anime and manga My-Otome
- Marguerite Volant,[3] main character of the 1996 Canadian mini-series by the same name
- Marguerite Caine, main protagonist and heroine of Claudia Gray's "Firebird Series" beginning with "A Thousand Pieces of You"
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.behindthename.com/name/marguerite
- ↑ "Marguerite Norris, Hockey Team President, 67". New York Times. May 14, 1994. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
- ↑ fr:Marguerite Volant
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